Corner bead fastener



! I. A. BAUM CORNER BEAD FASTENER Jan. 29, 1935.

Filed July 22, 1929 Patented Jan. 29, 1935 ,594. CORNER BEAD 'FASTENERIsaac A. Baum, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Kalman Steel Company, Chicago,111., a corporation of Delaware Application July 22, 1929, Serial No.380,210

8 Claims.

My invention relates to building construction and particularly to anovel method and means for attaching plaster corner beads to masonry orsimilar walls.

Difficulty has always been experienced in attaching the usual andnecessary corner-beads to tile, brick or concrete walls. Variousexpedients have been adopted, none of which are entirely satisfactory.The idea here disclosed enables a firm and rigid attachment of thecorner bead at very low cost and without the use of any special tools.It consists essentially of a wire anchor, preferably composed of twopieces of wire, the body of which is embedded in the mortar or otherplastic material, and the ends of which project from the faces of themasonry.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation or face View of acorner bead applied as here disclosed; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view therethrough.

In the drawing, I have illustrated a Wall at 10', in this instancecomposed of tile or brick, the adjacent courses being separated bymortar joints indicated at 11. The corner bead may be of any desiredconstruction, the one illustrated consisting of a section of sheet metalbent to provide apertured base portions 12 and a bead portion 13. Thebase portion is intended to fit snugly against the faces of the wall atthe angle.

The anchoring device consists of two lengths of wire one of which has aloop 13 formed therein, and the other of which is preferably straight asat 14. The two wires are twisted together or otherwise joined forconvenience in handling. As originally installed, the free ends 1516 areparallel and project beyond the faces of the wall as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2. The said ends may be bent parallel to the faces of thewall to prevent obstruction and the parts remain in this condition untilthe mortar has hardened. When the corner bead is to beinstalled, one ofthe wire ends is projected through an aperture in the base of the beadand the two ends twisted together as indicated. The twisted ends areham-- mered down to insure a minimum projection, and after the plasterindicated at 1'? has been applied, the wires are covered. It will beunderstood of course that the wire anchors are laid in the mortar duringthe process of building the wall, or in the case of a concrete wall theymay be nailed or stapled to the forms and the concrete poured leavingthe anchors embedded therein.

Obviously the exact form of the anchor is unimportant and changes in theconstruction thereof may be made without departure from the spirit of myinvention.

I claim:

1. A fastener for securing corner beads to masonry walls consisting of apair of wires one wire being bent to provide a loop adapted to act as ananchor in mortar, the other wire being parallel thereto at the free endsof the wires the middle thereof lying opposite said loop, the pairs offree ends being adapted to project beyond the two faces of the wall atthe corner angle.

2. A fastener for securing corner beads to the corner of a masonry wall,which consists of a pair of Wires, one Wire being bent into a loop atits middle and adapted to act as an anchor in mortar, the other wirebeing substantially parallel to said first wire except at the loop andengaging said wire on opposite sides of the loop, and also acting as ananchor, the free ends of the pairs of wires being adapted to projectbeyond the masonry wall across the corner thereof.

3. A fastener for corner beads wherein the corner bead is fastened tothe corner of a masonry wall by tying the same on the two sides thereofwith the extremities of a pair of anchor wires, which consists of a pairof wires, one of which is bent into a loop at its middle and the otherbeing wound around the legs of the wire adjacent the loop of the firstwire, the extremities of said wires projecting outside of the masonrywall on adjacent sidesof the corner thereof.

4. An anchor for securing metallic corner beads to the corner of a builtup masonry wall, which consists of a pair of wires wound around eachother adjacent both ends and having portions intermediate their ends inspared relation to each other, a substantial portion of the lengththereof being embedded in the mortar between courses, and the oppositefree ends extending beyond the adjacent faces of said wall and acrossthe corner thereof.

5. A fastener for securing corner beads to masonry walls comprising amember adapted to extend diagonally across the corner of the wall withits ends projecting beyond the faces thereof adjacent the corner of thewall and a cooperating member offset intermediate the ends of the first--mentioned member adaptedto extend inwardly from the corner of the wallto provide an anchor in the mortar to retain said fastener againstlateral displacement.

6. In combination with a wall, acorner bead embracing a corner of saidwall, retaining means having its body portion embedded within said walldiagonally across the corner thereof and its ends projecting beyond thefaces of said wall a distance from said corner and engaging the legs ofthe corner bead.

7. In combination with a wall, a corner bead having flanges engaging thesides of the wall adjacent a corner thereof and retaining means for saidbead extending diagonally through said corner and engaging the flangesof said head whereby the flanges of the bead are connected a distancefor said bead, said means comprising a member inwardly from the cornerof the wall and retained in rigid contact with said wall.

8. In combination with a wall, a corner bead embracing a corner of saidwall, retaining means for said bead, said means comprising a memberhaving an ofiset body portion embedded within said wall a distance fromthe corner thereof and its ends projecting beyond the faces of said walla distance from said corner and engaging the legs of the corner bead.

- ISAAC A. BAUM.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,989,504. January 29, 1935.

ISAAC A. BAUM.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring coereetitm as feliews: Page 1,second column,

line 38, claim 0r "spared" read spaced; and that the said Letters Patentshmflti be read with this eorreetitm therein that the same may eentermto the 3 record of the case in the Patent Uffiee.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of June, A. D. 1935.

Bryan M. Battey (Seal) Acting Cemmissioner 0f Patents.

